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Duke Treating NCAAs like 'Our Last Game'

AP
12:06 p.m. EDT March 21, 2014

GREENSBORO, NC - MARCH 16: Jabari Parker #1 of the Duke Blue Devils reacts during their game against the Virginia Cavaliers in the finals of the 2014 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum on March 16, 2014 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)(Photo: Streeter Lecka Getty Images)

and Rodney Hood to hang a banner in the Cameron Indoor Stadium rafters in their first - and maybe only - season playing together for Duke.

Lead the Blue Devils to a national title. A handful of clunkers kept them from winning either the ACC's regular-season or tournament championship. They know they can't afford any more - and it starts with their NCAA tournament opener against 14th-seeded Mercer. No. 3 seed Duke (26-8) takes on the Atlantic Sun champion Bears (26-8) on Friday in the second round of the Midwest Regional.

Hood says the Blue Devils have a sense of urgency and that "we're treating it like our last game, because if we lose, it is."

You can watch Duke take on Mercer on WFMY News 2 at 12:15 p.m. on Friday March 21, 2014.

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